The conflation of pin-up art with pornography, lad mags, and other flagrantly objectifying media is completely misleading. Pin-up isn't a genre where, like print or live-action porn, sex-trafficking or exploitation of minors is endemic to the equation. Moreover, in pin-up, women are at least partially clothed, and as Anna points out, their gaze is highly significant; in fact, one could argue that the self-possessed return of the viewer's gaze is specifically what separates pin-up art from Maxim, Sports Illustrated, ad infinitum. Finally, and importantly, much of the purpose of pin-up is aesthetic, not sexually dissecting. The design and composition are central to the effectiveness of the photography. I think the comparison to woman-driven burlesque is right on. If agency and comfort with one's own sexuality aren't clear in the imagery, then it doesn't qualify as pin-up. (To my mind, at any rate.)
Oh, but it can last far longer than that. You'd be amazed how long babies are amused by their own food-flinging shenanigans, those pretty little monkeys.
Oh, my God. You're right. What on earth is he smoking, or not smoking?
Yes, thank you for articulating that. I'm pretty sure the sexual assault of a child isn't best reported alongside Kardashians and Mountain Dew, but maybe that's a minority opinion.
WOW. That hair is a force of nature. She totally earned her tribute video.
No! I missed so much seminal 80s TV. A few months ago I was posting 70s ST performances to Facebook. Clearly, I have some catching up and additional posting to do.
I know. "Soul Train" was one of my first childhood obsessions. There was a lot of surprisingly good music on TV in the early-mid 70s, but that show was always the absolute best.
Not to mention higher exposure to infection and irritation.
Wow, that really isn't bad...I feel just a bit less resentful now about "10.95 USA/$18.95 in Canada" book stickers.
That suggested "in-person breakup" sounds incredibly, narcissistically obnoxious. Like the worst kind of pop New Age self-righteousness. I've had to break up with a couple of friends, and it sure wasn't easy or painless, but I tried not to be an asshole about it. Something along the lines of "I'm really sorry, but you've let me down too many times and I feel gun-shy," or whatever applies to the occasion...? It's not nuclear physics.
Wow, thank you so much for the tip!
!?! @PrairieGirl...Really! Really? Legally? I don't live all that far from the border at all...See, now, if you needed special shoes like @Rooo sez BISH PLZ, I could reward you with them.
It's more than twice as much ~ $125 CAD, I think. Shipping to Canada is bloody expensive, too. I know! This has been the bane of my Canadian existence since moving here! That and ice, I mean.
And yet, the backlash started long before the SNL appearance. I think it's a potent mix of sexism (mostly from other women, much as I hate to say it), class resentment (understandably), and shortsightedness about the manufactured nature of entertainment.
Sadly, as usual, Amazon Canada only has the much more expensive model. I've been wanting one for years.
Yeah, John Ross Bowie! Damn, maybe I really do need to start with the Twitter.
I do, actually! And my area of focus is spirit possession, which provides an endless supply of gender-dynamics fodder. Demons and witches and exorcisms, oh my...
I could not agree with you more, and can only say that in my academic field (religion), "hysteria" is generally understood to be an anachronistic term laden with, as you aptly put it, fucked-up baggage; as such, it's used in its proper historical context or insofar as it has cultural traction in a particular milieu ~ for example, if the phenomenon occurs in a contemporary setting where hysteria is widely understood to be a disorder rooted in female emotional instability, then it makes sense to acknowledge that interpretation. Unfortunately, as an everyday bit of terminology, it's generally accepted in North American use...much the same way as "crazy," not-so-coincidentally.
Very glad you articulated what I and no doubt many other readers were thinking. I hope my explanation was at least remotely helpful.
Ah, you said what I could only incoherently half-form in my brainpan.
I am a big, big Julie Klausner fan, but Matthew Crawley actually looks almost EXACTLY like Tucker Carlson. There, I said it.
